diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 8e7ba4a618..42aafaaf3b 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 1999-06-13  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@zembu.com>
 
+	* objdump.c (disassemble_bytes): If the disassembler returns an
+	error, print out anything it may have printed to the buffer.  From
+	H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>.
+
 	* defparse.y (explist): Remove separate expline to eliminate
 	shift/reduce conflict.
 
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index 5baf235ebb..40c68cc3b3 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,12 @@ disassemble_bytes (info, disassemble_fn, insns, data, start, stop, relppp,
 	      if (info->bytes_per_line != 0)
 		bytes_per_line = info->bytes_per_line;
 	      if (bytes < 0)
-		break;
+		{
+		  if (sfile.current != sfile.buffer)
+		    printf ("%s\n", sfile.buffer);
+		  free (sfile.buffer);
+		  break;
+		}
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {